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You'd like to travel around the world, or maybe just to Paris. But the budget doesn't allow for any farther than the next town. You'd like to climb mountains, but you have two toddlers to care for. What can you do? The key to having an interesting life is preparing so that life can work in mysterious ways. "If you want your ship to come in, you must build a dock." Work on building your docks. Gather materials - a cruise catalog, information from the tourist bureau, whatever will help you ...
This is a fun magical working to perform by starlight on any clear-skied evening. Simply go outside and breathe in the essence of the night. Feel the presence of mystical darkness surrounding you; contemplate the endlessness of the cosmos and the immaculacy of the natural world around you. When you feel grounded and centered, bring your focus to a star, raise your hands, and draw its essence into a point of your body. Repeat this for different points on your body, using different stars for ...
In ancient Rome, April 21st was Parilia Day, in honor of Pales, a pastoral deity. Traditionally, on this day animals were driven through purifying fires. Later, it became a day for Christians to take animals to church for the Catholic Blessing of the Animals. Today, give thanks for the animals in your life, and most especially for those that act as your magical familiars. Stand or sit in front of your altar with your animal, or put a picture of the "darlin' beastie" on your altar if he or ...
Awaken the soothsayer in you by undertaking a light fast, perhaps foregoing your afternoon coffee and snack or eating only fruits thoughout the day. Limiting food intake, even to a small degree, is a time-tested way to induce altered states of consciousness. Today is a good day to offer your concentration to the subtle realm where indications of what's to come are waiting to be let into awareness. At the start of the day, offer a prayer to ask the beings of that world to communicate with you ...
